Driving mechanism for carding-engines.



APPLICATION FILED PEBJZ, 1910.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914. I

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A H. MORTON. DRIVING MECHANISM FOR CARDING ENGINES.

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A. H. MORTON. DRIVING MECHANISM FOR GARDING ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1910.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. MORTON, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

DRIVING MECHANISM FOR CARDING-ENGINES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. MORTON, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have tive rotatable elements or parts, such as the licker-in, the-fancy, and the dolfer-comb motion, and for driving from the cylinder during the grinding-operation the doffer, the cylindergrinder, and the doffergrinder. Each of the said six cylinder-actuated parts or elements, when in operation, rotates at a speed that is high relatively to that of the cylinder.

The invention consists more particularly in the combination, in such a carding-engine, with its cylinder and the said driven rotary parts, of a centrally-located, powerdistributing, rotatable-member: driven by connections from the cylinder at relatively increased speed; having a direction of rotation opposite to that of the cylinder and the same as that of the licker-in, the fancy, and the dofier-comb motion unless the direction of rotation of the doffer-comb motion should be reversed; and, from which the other rotary parts above named are driven as from a central-power-station at speeds which vary somewhat from one another but none of whichare very different from that of the said rotatable-member. When the operation of the engine is changed from that of carding to that of grinding, or, the reverse, no change is made in the driving-connection between the cylinder and the rotatable-member. That member comprises the combination with a rotatable-sleeve. of wheel-parts rotatable therewith and means on such parts for engaging driving-connections for supplying power for the adjunctive elements during the carding-operation Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 12, 1910.

Patented Feb, 24, 1914.

Serial No. 543,570.

supplying power for the doifer and for the grinders During the regular operation of carding, the licker-in, the fancy, and thedolfer-comb motion are driven from the rotatable-memher by separate and independent powertransmission or driving connectors. For grinding, the fancy and the power-transmission connectors with the licker-in, the fancy, and the dofl'er-comb motion are removed, the cylinder-grinder and the dofier-grinder are operatively located and a power-transmission or driving connector for the dofier and preferably one other such connector for the two grinders is, applied. During grinding, the speed of the doffer is higher than during carding.

In my invention, by locating the rotatable-me1nber near to the cylinder-shaft and combining the cylinder and the rotatablemember with a single power-transmission connector consisting preferably of a pair of spur-gears, with the wheel fastened upon the cylinder-shaft and the pinion fastened upon the rotatablemember, five desirable results have been accomplished: First, the group of driving-mechanisms for the said six parts has been simplified, and unified and made preferably positive between the cylinder and the rotatable-member; second, the rotatable-member has been given the direction of rotation which the licker-in and the fancy will and which the doifer-comb motion may always have and the use is avoided of cross-belts as parts of the driving-mechanisms for the licker-in, and the fancy; third, the rotatable-member has been given the chief increase of speed required for the actuation of the said six driven rotary parts in a location quite'central to them and in close proximity to the source of power; fourth, there has been utilized, as the place of support for the stud upon which the said member is rotatably mounted, the part of the framing which is the firmest and the most free from vibrations, and therefore, the best qualified to serve as such support, of any part of the framing which is high enough above the floor to permit of such use, and, fifthly, the combination compris ing the cylinder, the rotatable-sleeve, the driving-connections therebetween, the wheelparts rotatable with the sleeve and the means on such parts for engaging driving-connections for supplying power,-this c0mbinaduring the grinding-operation.

and for engaging driving-connections for tion remains Without change when the change is made from the carding to the cluding the invention arranged for the card- 1 JDg-OPEIZLUOIL; Fig. 2, Sheet'2, 1s a side-elevation including the invention arranged for the grlnding-operation; Fig. 3, Sheet 8, 1S

' a section at the line 3-8 of'Fig. 4; Fig. 4

is a side-elevation of the rotatable-member and related parts; Fig. 5,'Sheet 1, is a sectiontaken at the line 5 5 of Fig. 3; and, Fig. 6, Sheet 3, is an end-elevation showing means forfastening the casing to the pillowblock.

The following description is of the preferred construction: The side-framing 1,

supports the pillow-block 2, which in turn supports the bearing4, Fig. 3, for the cylinder-shaft 5. In a lower corner of the block, a strong reinforce 7, Figs. 3 and 5, is integral with the foot 8, the side-flange 9,

and the main-web 10. A hole 11, into which the stud 12 is set-screwed, passes through this otherwise solid corner. This cornerportion of the block and the stud 12 are quite immovable relative to the cylinder-I The stud 12 constitutes a support shaft. for the rotatable-member, which rotates upon it. The rotatable-member comprises, in this instance, a sleeve 16 fitting and rotating upon the stud 12, and the pulleys or wheels 17 and 29 fastened thereto. The

gear-connections by which the rotatablemember is driven positively from the cylinder-shaft 5, comprises the large spur-gear. 14 fixed upon the cylinder-shaft and the raw-hide spur-pinion 15 fixed upon the sleeve 16. The teeth of the driving gear 14 mesh with those of the driven pinion The pulley 17 has a substantially cylindrical face 18 and a grooved face 23. The pulley 29 has a substantially cylindrical face, For the operation of carding, as is shown in Fig. l: the flat open-belt 19 is applied to the face 18 of the pulley 17 and to the pulley 20 fast upon the licker-in shaft; the round open-belt or cord 24 is applied to the grooved-face 23 of the pulley 17 and to the grooved-pulley 25 fast upon the doffer comb motion sha t; and, the flat open-belt 30 is applied to the pulley 29 and to the pulley8lfaston the fancy-shaft. For the operation of grinding, as is shown in Fig. 2: the

fiat belt 21 is applied to the face 18 of the pulley 17 and to the pulley 22 fast upon the doffer shaftpand the round belt or cord 26 is applied to the grooved-face 23 of the pulley17, to the grooved-pulley 27 fast on the cylinder-grinder shaft, and to the grooved pulley 28 fast on the .doffergrinder shaft. The time occupied in carding is very long and dirt.

as compared with that occupied in grinding, and it 'is comparatively important that crossed-belts and cords should be avoided during the carding.

The separable casing 32 effectually incloses the positive, speed-increasing, gearconnections and protects them from fiyings It protects from black oil the fibrous materials that are being carded. It has a body 33 which is securely fastened to the pillow-block and a removable cover 34. Screws 39 39, Figs. 4 and 6, fasten the body 33 to the pillow-block 2. ten the cover 34 to the body 33. The cyl inder-shaft 5 and the stud 12 pass through the casing.

The casing-cover is fitted to and co-acts Screw '42 42 fasas a running-fit with a cylindrical part of p the wheel 14 at 43 and a collar integral with the rotatable-sleeve 16 at 44.

In my invention by locating the rotatablemember 16, 17, and 29, on the stud 12 near to the cylinder-shaft 5 and combining the V the rotatable-member 16, 17, and 29 has.

been given the direction of rotation which the licker-in and the fancy will have and which the dofl'er-comb motion may always have, in consequence, the use is avoided of crossed-belts as parts of the driving-mecha-..

nisms for the licker-in, the fancy, and the dofier-comb motion, and it is made practicable to substitute for the pulleys and openbelts or cords thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, sprocket-wheels on the rotatable-member and on the licker-in, the fancy, and the doffer-comb motion with open sprocketchains as transmission-connectors between the rotatable-member and the other three parts; third, the rotatable-member has been...

given the chief increase of speed required for the actuation of the said six driven rotary parts in a location quite central to them and favorable as a position from which to drive each of them, and in close proximity to the cylinder which is the source of power and, fourth, since it is highly desirable to prevent any chattering of the high-speed rotatable-member, this member has been mounted by me upon the non-vibratory stud.

12, firmly fastened in a stiff, strong, nonvibratory support, in a hole 11 in a lower corner of the pillow-block 2, in the strong angles made by the foot 8, the side-flange 9, and the Web 10, and these parts have been strengthened and stiffened by combining therewith the reinforce 7 they being also in combination with the card-side 1, at its stifi upper flange to which the pillow-block is bolted as is usual, by bolts not shown because they are common and well-known, and which is stifiened and strengthened by the nearby, bracket-like, flanged legs of the side. Of all parts of the framing of the engine which are high enough above the floor'to be thus used, this reinforced corner of the pillow-block is the firmest and the most difficult to be made to vibrate. It is, therefore, the part of the framing which is the best qualified for this service. Its use has been made possible by my invention, whereby I have connected the cylinder-shaft 5 with the sleeve 16 by the gears 14 and 15. These permit the shaftand the sleeve to be placed in close proximity. The fifth desirable result above mentioned is, that the combination comprising the cylinder, the rotatablesleeVe, the driving-connections therebetween, the wheel-parts rotatable with the sleeve .and the means on such parts for engaging driving-connections for supplying power,this combination remains without change when the change is made from the carding-operation to the grinding-operation, or, the reverse. This minor combination is a part of a major combination which includes driving-connections and usual adjunctive rotatable elements during the carding-operation and other driving-connections, the

doifer, and the grinders during the grinding-operation. The combinations and arrangements of parts by 'which these five results have been accomplished are novel in my invention.

I include belts, cords, ropes, and sprocketchains under the generic term wrappingconnectors, since they all wrap or pass partly around the wheels or pulleys which they connect.

Iclaim: 1. A carding engine having, in combination, amain cylinder, a cylinder shaft for carrying the main cylinder, bearings for supporting the shaft, a gear wheel mounted on the cylinder shaft, a pinion driven by the gear on the cylinder shaft, three pulleys operatively connected with the pinion, one for driving the fancy, one for driving the doifer comb during carding and for driving the cylinder and dofi'er grinders during grinding, and one for drivin the licker-in during carding and for driving the dofier during grinding, substantially as described.

2. A carding engine having, in combination, a main cylinder, a cylinder shaft for carrying the main cylinder, bearings for supporting the shaft, a gear wheel mounted on the cylinder shaft, a pinion driven by the gear on the cylinder shaft, and three pulleys operatively connected with the pinion, one for driving the fancy, one for driving the doifer comb, and one for driving the lickerin, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT H. MORTON.

Witnesses:

OHANNING WHITAKER, IRVING D. KIMBALL.

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